Tuesday, July 26, 2011

I have been walking all year long, generally 5-7 mile walks near home along Cache Creek, Sacramento River, Yolo Bypass, and Ridge Cut Slough. Lately I am ramping it up a bit to do two ten mile walks and several shorter ones per week. I find that I am pretty consistently doing 16 1/2-17 minute miles, thus a ten mile walk takes right around 3 hours or a little less.

I will fly to Madrid on August 23, meeting up with Greg at the airport, then on by bus to San Sebastian to start our walk. I need to finalize my packing list and make sure I have all the items I plan on taking.

About Me

This will be my seventh Camino since 2009. In 2017, I will attempt a 350 mile walk of the Camino Levante from Albacete to Zamora, about 350 miles in three weeks.
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In 2009, I walked the 500 mile Camino Frances in northern Spain. In 2010, I walked about 200 miles of the Camino Portugues. 2011, I walked the nearly 600 miles along the first half of the Camino del Norte, then the Camino Primitivo with my friend and walking partner, Greg Cristakos. In 2013, I walked 400 miles along the Camino Salvador, the second part of the Camino del Norte, and the Camino Ingles. In 2014, I walked the Via de la Plata and the Camino Sanabres from Caceres to Santiago. In 2016, I walked the Camino Madrid and the Via de la Plata from Astorga to Zamora.
In my real life, I raise English walnuts in California's Sacramento Valley, am a building contractor, and an antique tractor enthusiast who collects, buys, and sells old tractors and parts.